Georgian logistics company: ‘Don’t use Armenian surnames’
A message on the company’s website blamed the Azerbaijani customs services for the policy.
As Abkhazia calls for dialogue, will Tbilisi answer?
Since a change of power in Abkhazia in March, the new authorities in Sukhumi have made repeated calls for increased dialogue with Tbilisi.
Top Georgian rugby official reportedly shoots player
Ramaz Kharazishvili, the former captain of the national rugby sevens side, has been hospitalised in Tbilisi following the incident.
Ivanishvili absent from Georgian Dream electoral list
The list of the top 20 candidates included only five women, the bare minimum required under a new gender quota.
Georgian Parliament refuses to revisit $6 minimum monthly wage set by Eduard Shevardnadze
Parliament’s Economic Policy Committee rejected an initiative to set the minimum wage at 45% of the average monthly salary.
State Audit: Tbilisi’s bus drivers ‘illegally overworked, underpaid’
The Tbilisi Transport Company was found to have been violating the labour rights of bus drivers, endangering them and their passengers.
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Georgia offers older school teachers redundancy in education shake-up
Elderly teachers offered a generous retirement package as part of controversial new reforms by Georgia’s Education Ministry.
Georgian online casino employees unionise for strike after mass firings
Employees of Evolution Gaming went on what the company called an ‘illegal strike’ last week demanding better wages and working conditions.
Suspicions grow of a Georgian Dream U-turn on proportional elections
Despite offering to change the country’s electoral code in response to protests, no concrete steps have yet been taken by the ruling party.